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R. G. SMITH.

TOOL. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2, 1921.

PatentedJune 6, 1922;

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Be it known thatI, ROBERT Ur. SMITH, a citizen or the United States, and resident of Newark, in the county'of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useiiul lmprovementsin Tools, of which the following is a speeilication. l

My invention relates to cutting tools, especially those to be used in lathes, shapers and planers. My improvements pertain particularly to the-'class of tools set lorth in Letters Patent granted to me February 10, 11920, No. 1,330,403. f

The object of my invention is to securely retain a. cutter from rotation in its holder during use and to permit rotary-adjustment of the cutter respecting its holder to compensate-forwear and sharpen-ing. Q l

Details of improvement comprised in my invention'will be hereinafter more 'fully set Aforth and pointed out inthe claims.v

lte'terence is to be had vto the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein- F ig. 1 is a side `view of a tool embodying my invention; Fig.2 isl aview ylooking from the opposite side or Fig. 1' Fig 3 is a section on line3, 3 of' Fig-.71?, '-ld`igl4'is a section on line-1, l or Fig. 3 ,l Fig. Sis a detail perspective oi the adjustment member for the cutter; Fig. A6 is a partly sectionaldetail of a modification; Fig. 'T vis an 4endw'fiew or the cutter yof Fig. 6'; and l `ig.8 isv an edge viewof a modi.- fied cutter. y

Similar numerals of relierence indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral 1 indicates a support for a cutter 2, said support being adapted to be held in a tool holder of a lathe, shaper, planer or other analogous machine. Cutter 2 is shown or circular variety having al cutting edge 2a; The shank 3 of the cutter may be made separately 'from the cutter and secured thereto from independent rotation, or said shank may be made integral with the cutter. In the form shown in Figs. 1 4, the shank 3 is cylindrical and passes through ahole in cutter 2, having ahead 3a on one side olf the cutter, a key or pin 4 entering a keyway or hole 5 formed partly in the central hole of cutter 2 and partly in shank 3 to keep said parts from relative rotation. In Figs. 6 and 7 the shank 3 has a polygonal or squared portion received in a similarly shaped hole in cutter 2 to keep them :trom relative rotation. ln Fig. 8 the cutter 2 and shank 3 are formed integral from a single Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 6, 192.2, i

Application filed March 2, 1921. Serial No. 449,218.

piece or stock. Shank 3 is removably retained in a transverse hole 1a in support 1 so that the cutter will be located on one side of said support and the free end of shank 3 will project beyond the other side of said support. The outer portion of shank 3 is provided with teeth 3b, longitudinally disposed along its surface, to `extend beyond the adjacent'side' yot support 1 to receive a projection oringer 6. `Said projection is provided with a hole having internal teeth to receive and mesh with the teeth 3b of shank 3 to lock them together -from relative displacement rotationally. A nut 7 on the threaded end l3c of shank 3 retainscutter 2, shank 3 and proj ection G on support 1. Projection 6 is adapted to bear against a stop member 8 carried on the sideofv support 1. Stop member 8 is shown in the form of an eccentric or cam-like disk having a hole 8aM olT-setfrom its center to receive a screw 9 that meshes in a threaded hole 10 in support 1. yHole 10 preferably eX- tends through support 1. A washer 11 onV nected, for whicl'r purpose I provide saidmember with a recess '8b that opens into hole 8FL and receives a spring'12 which bears frictionally against screw 9 to retain the latter and member 8 in set relation and permit their relative rotation. y

When my improved tool is to be' used the parts are assembled, as shown in Figs. land rl`he cutter is set so that its cutting edge will be in the desired position and member 8 will engage projection 6, the nuts 7 and 9 being set tight. Member 8 will prevent projection 6 from rotating, whereby cutting edge 2a will be retained in proper position, the strain of the work being resisted by projection 6 engaging member 8. l/Vhen the cutting edge 2a wears or is re-ground member 8 may be rotated or set to engage projection 6 to accommodate the new position of the cutter required. When the cutter has been so much ground away at the cutting edge that member 8 would no longer cooperate with projection 6 with the cutting edge 22Min the proper position the projection 6 may be removed from shank 3 and reset on teeth 3b to bring the projection toward member 8 for the new position of cutting edge 2a, the member 8 also being properly set to engage projection 6. The adjustments described may be made, as required, until the cutter has been substantially ground away, from time to time, along rotatively carried by the support, said shank having a projection adjustable relatively thereto, `and an adjustable member on the support to cooperate with said projection to resist pressure against the cutting edge of the cutter, said shank and projection having cooperative means to retain them in set `relation respecting said member. j

2. A tool comprising a support, cutter provided with a shank rotatively carried by the support, said shank having a projection, and a member having an eccentrically disposed portion adjustably carried on the sup port to cooperate with said projection to resist `pressure against the cutting edge of the cutter. j

3. `A tool comprising asupport, a cutter provided With a shank rotatively carried by the support, said shank having a projection, adjustable around the axis of the shank in diiierent positions relatively thereto, means to retain the shank and j projections from relative rotation, and a stop on the support adjustable toward and from the projection to cooperate `with said projection to `resist pressure against the cutting edge of the cutter.

4;. ,A tool comprising a support, a cutter provided With a shank rotatively carried by the support, said shank having a projection,

adjustable around the axis of the shank,

means to retain the shank and projection from relative rotation, and a stop having an eccentrica'lly disposed portion adjustably sekcured on the support to cooperate with said projection to resist pressure against the cutting edge of the cutter.

5. A tool comprising a support, a cutter provided With a shank rotatively carried by the support, said shank having teeth, a proj ection adjustable around the shank and provided With teeth to cooperate With the teeth of the shank to prevent relative rotation of said parts, and a stop on the shank to cooperate with said projection to resist pressure against the cutting edge of the cutter.

6. A tool comprising a support, a cutter provided with a shank rotatively carried by the support, said shank having teeth, a pro` j ection adjustable around the shankand pro vided With teeth to cooperate with the teeth of the shank to prevent relative rotation vof said parts, and an eccentric stop adjustably secured on the support to cooperatevvith said i projection to resist pressure against the cutting edge of the cutter.

7. Avtool comprising a support, a cutter provided With a shank rotatively carried by the support, said shank havingy a projection,

an eccentric stop member to cooperate vvith` said projection to resist pressure against the cutting edge of the cutter, and a screw adjustably securing said member on the sups ort. i p 8. A tool comprising a support, a cutter provided with a shank rotatively carried by the support, said shank having a projection, an eccentric stop member to cooperate With said projection to resist pressure against the cutting edge of the cutter, a screw adj ustably securing said `member on the support, said member having a recess, and a spring in said recess cooperative with said screvv.

Signed at New York city, inthe county of New York, and State of New York, this 28th day oi' February, A. D. 1921. ROBERT e. sMrrH. 

